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Memorial Weekend Shooting Third in Close Proximity to the President This Month | Crime Alert Saturday Recap 05.30.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvani. A deadly escalation of violence unfolded just
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  Speaker 2: outside the White House this past weekend, marking a terrifying
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  Speaker 2: trend of security breaches targeting the nation's capital. On Saturday evening,
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  Speaker 2: shortly after six pm, gunfire erupted near a security checkpoint
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  Speaker 2: in the area of seventeenth Street in Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
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  Speaker 2: According to an official preliminary statement released by the US
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  Speaker 2: Secret Service on x an individual approach to the security
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  Speaker 2: post pulled a weapon directly out of his bag and
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  Speaker 2: opened fire on posted officers. Secret Service agents reacted instantly,
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  Speaker 2: returning fire and striking the suspect. The gunman was transported
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  Speaker 2: to a local area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
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  Speaker 2: During the chaotic exchange, a bystander was also struck by gunfire,
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  Speaker 2: According to law enforcement officials speaking anonymously, it remains unclear
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  Speaker 2: whether that innocent bystander was hit by the suspect's initial
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  Speaker 2: rounds or caught in the crossfire during the subsequent exchange
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  Speaker 2: of bullets. Fortunately, no Secret Service personnel sustained injuries. President
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  Speaker 2: Trump was inside the White House at the time of
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  Speaker 2: the shooting, but officials confirm he was not impacted by
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  Speaker 2: the incident. The suspect has been officially identified as twenty
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  Speaker 2: one year old Nazir Best. This was far from Best's
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  Speaker 2: first interaction with White House Security District of Columbia court
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  Speaker 2: records reveal a deeply disturbing history of mental instability and
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  Speaker 2: unauthorized incursions. In June twenty twenty five, Best was involuntarily
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  Speaker 2: committed after obstructing vehicle entry to the White House complex.
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  Speaker 2: Just a month later, in July, he was arrested after
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  Speaker 2: attempting to breach a different White House checkpoint. During that encounter,
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  Speaker 2: he ignored direct commands from officers to stop, claimed he
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  Speaker 2: was Jesus Christ, and explicitly stated that he wanted to
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  Speaker 2: be arrested. Court filings detailed that Best had been walking
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  Speaker 2: around the complex actively probing various entry posts to find
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  Speaker 2: a way inside. Following that July arrest, law enforced requested
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  Speaker 2: a stay away order. While a pre trial stay away
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  Speaker 2: order was initially granted, a bench warrant was issued for
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  Speaker 2: Best in August after a notice of non compliance when
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  Speaker 2: he failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing. The
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  Speaker 2: scene outside the White House on Saturday night looked like
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  Speaker 2: a warzone. Journalists working inside the complex reported hearing a
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  Speaker 2: rapid succession of gunshots and were immediately ordered to seek
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  Speaker 2: shelter inside the press briefing room. In a social media post,
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  Speaker 2: FBI director Cash Bettel confirmed that federal officers were actively
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  Speaker 2: responding to the active shooter situation on the sidewalk just
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  Speaker 2: outside the complex. Yellow crime scene tape cordoned off the area,
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  Speaker 2: while Secret Service investigators placed dozens of orange evidence markers
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  Speaker 2: across the pavement, alongside discarded medical supplies, including purple surgical
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  Speaker 2: gloves and emergency trauma kits. This fatal encounter marks the
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  Speaker 2: third time in just one month that gunfire has erupted
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  Speaker 2: in close proximity to the president. It follows an April
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  Speaker 2: twenty fifth attempted assassination of President Trump as he attended
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  Speaker 2: the annual White House Correspondence Association dinner at a Washington hotel.
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  Speaker 2: In that case, Cole Thomas Allen of Torrance, California, recently
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  Speaker 2: pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges and remains in
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  Speaker 2: federal custody. Just days later, on May fourth, secret Service
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  Speaker 2: officers shot another suspect forty five year old Michael Marks
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  Speaker 2: of Midland, Texas, after he opened fire near the Washington Monument,
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  Speaker 2: wounding a teenage bystander. More crime and Justice news. After this,
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  Speaker 2: a teenage stepbrother accused of a horrific crime on the
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  Speaker 2: high Seas will remain free while awaiting trial, a move
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  Speaker 2: that has sparked absolute outrage from the victim's family. Timothy
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  Speaker 2: Hudson is facing charges of first degree murder and aggravated
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  Speaker 2: sexual abuse in the death of his eighteen year old stepsister,
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  Speaker 2: Anna Keepner. The tragedy occurred back in November twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: aboard a Carnival cruise ship heading to Miami. Yesterday, a
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  Speaker 2: federal judge ruled that Hudson can remain out of jail
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  Speaker 2: on bond with electronic monitoring while he awaits his September
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  Speaker 2: Alongside this ruling, prosecutors unsealed a chilling, minute by minute
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  Speaker 2: timeline of what allegedly happened inside cabin eighty three forty
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  Speaker 2: three on the night of November sixth, Anna left dinner
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  Speaker 2: early because she was feeling unwell. CCTV footage shows Hudson
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  Speaker 2: entering her cabin at seven thirty five pm. Followed by Anna.
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  Speaker 2: Three minutes later at seven fifty one, Anna's biological brother
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  Speaker 2: briefly enters the room, later telling investigators Anna was fine
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  Speaker 2: at that time. Prosecutors say she was never seen alive
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  Speaker 2: again for over three hours. Kepner and Hudson were alone.
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  Speaker 2: Later that night, Hudson was spotted checking the hallways, hanging
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  Speaker 2: a privacy sign, and even blocking Anna's thirteen year old
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  Speaker 2: brother from entering the room, claiming he was changing. The
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  Speaker 2: next morning, ship Wi FI tracked Anna's missing phone, moving
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  Speaker 2: along the exact path as Hudson, eventually leading authorities to
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  Speaker 2: a trash bin where it was discarded. Shortly after cabin
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  Speaker 2: attendants made the grim discovery. Anna's body was wrapped in
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  Speaker 2: bedding and stuffed under the bed, hidden behind a box
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  Speaker 2: of life vests. The forensic evidence is staggering. FBI lab
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  Speaker 2: testing revealed male DNA and sperm inside the cabin. According
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  Speaker 2: to prosecutors, the DNA match is one hundred and twenty
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  Speaker 2: sextillion times more likely to belong to Hudson than any
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  Speaker 2: unrelated person. Despite the prosecution's fierce argument that Hudson poses
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  Speaker 2: a severe danger to the public, especially since he currently
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  Speaker 2: lives in a home with miners. US District Judge Edwin
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  Speaker 2: Torres denied the motion to detain him. The judge pointed
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  Speaker 2: to Hudson's age as the deciding factor. Quote, if it
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  Speaker 2: were a twenty year old, under the exact circumstances, I
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  Speaker 2: probably would have detained. The presumption would be we were
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  Speaker 2: just not going to take that chance. This is a
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  Speaker 2: different animal. Because Hudson's family lives hundreds of miles away
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  Speaker 2: in Hernando County, the judge ruled that detaining him in
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  Speaker 2: Miami would make family visits too difficult. He will instead
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  Speaker 2: be electronically monitored in the Tampa area. Needless to say,
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  Speaker 2: Anna's family is devastated and furious. Her father, Christopher Kepner,
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  Speaker 2: spoke out against the justice system's handling of the case. Quote,
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  Speaker 2: we're upset that he's still out six months in and
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  Speaker 2: he should have already been arrested, and yet he's free
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  Speaker 2: to do whatever he wants right now. He does not
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  Speaker 2: need to be free. If convicted, Hudson faces a maximum
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  Speaker 2: penalty of life in prison. A terrifying search for two
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  Speaker 2: missing toddlers has culminated in a dramatic rescue across international borders,
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  Speaker 2: exposing a mother's worst nightmare. Lizzie Tomach reported her two
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  Speaker 2: young sons, twenty two month old Will and ten month
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  Speaker 2: old Wesley Richmond, missing from their father's home in Saratoga Springs, Utah,
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday, May twenty third.
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  Speaker 1: The children were.
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  Speaker 2: Last seen a full week earlier in Shelton, Washington, where
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  Speaker 2: their father had picked them up from Tomitch's residence. The
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  Speaker 2: Utah Department of Public Safety issued a critical Amber alert
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  Speaker 2: stating that the two boys were in imminent danger of
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  Speaker 2: serious bodily harm or death, officially naming their forty six
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  Speaker 2: year old father, Damee Stephen Richmond, as the primary suspect.
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  Speaker 2: Tomasch took to TikTok alongside her family attorney, begging the
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  Speaker 2: public for any information that could lead to the recovery
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  Speaker 2: of her son's The panic began Friday morning when Richmond
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  Speaker 2: completely failed to appear for a scheduled legal deposition.
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  Speaker 1: I flewid on Thursday night of this week for a
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  Speaker 1: deposition on May twenty second. Minutes before the deposition was
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  Speaker 1: to start, we learned that Day had fired his attorney
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  Speaker 1: and would not be at type of the deposition. I
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  Speaker 1: immediately contacted him, calling his phone and texting, he did
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  Speaker 1: not respond.
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  Speaker 2: Tommage immediately requested a welfare check at Richmond's residence. The
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  Speaker 2: home was entirely empty, stripped of personal belongings, and abandoned.
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  Speaker 1: We learned that the house was vacant and there were
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  Speaker 1: things being moved out. There was no car and day
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  Speaker 1: and the boys were not home. When we learned this,
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  Speaker 1: we knew something was wrong.
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  Speaker 2: As investigators scrambled to trace Richmond's movements, a deceptive text
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  Speaker 2: message popped up on Tomach's phone. Richmond claimed that he
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  Speaker 2: had had merely taken the two young boys on a
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  Speaker 2: spontaneous camping trip. However, law enforcement quickly unmasked the lie.
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  Speaker 2: Cellular tracking revealed that Richmond sent the text while positioned
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  Speaker 2: near San Diego, California, and he had already crossed the
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  Speaker 2: United States Mexico border. For days, the family endured agonizing
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  Speaker 2: uncertainty until a major breakthrough. On Tuesday, Saratoga Springs police
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  Speaker 2: announced that the children had been located safe in the
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  Speaker 2: northwestern Mexican city of San Felipe. Following their rescue, family
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  Speaker 2: member Jenny hirsch Commitch expressed the family's profound relief on Facebook,
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  Speaker 2: writing that she had never experienced true terror like this,
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  Speaker 2: before noting that the thought of never seeing the little
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  Speaker 2: guys again was more than they could process. While the
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  Speaker 2: children are being safely brought home, details about the suspect's
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  Speaker 2: unraveling life have emerged. Authorities revealed that Richmond was severely depressed,
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  Speaker 2: had abruptly quit his job, sold or gave away his
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  Speaker 2: worldly possessions, and entirely abandoned his home before fleeing across
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  Speaker 2: the border. Richmond has since been arrested and faces two
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  Speaker 2: counts of custodial interference. Potsdam police are piecing together the
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  Speaker 2: final moments of twenty year old Emily May Smith, a
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  Speaker 2: standout star on the State University of New York at
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  Speaker 2: Potsdam basketball team. Emily, a resident of Greenville, New York,
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  Speaker 2: was a dedicated business administration major who was already making
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  Speaker 2: a massive impact on campus. But Emily's bright future was
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  Speaker 2: cut short early Saturday morning. Investigators report that at approximately
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  Speaker 2: three thirty seven am, Emily was walking on the front
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  Speaker 2: lawn of a friend's home near Pierre Pont Avenue in Potsdam.
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  Speaker 2: Out of nowhere, an older model black Cadillac Escalade veered
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  Speaker 2: wildly off the roadway, striking the young woman before speeding
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  Speaker 2: away from the scene. Emergency responders rushed to the location
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  Speaker 2: and immediately transported Emily to Canton Potsdam Hospital. Tragically, she
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  Speaker 2: was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Less than four hours later,
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  Speaker 2: at roughly seven to twenty five am, officers spotted the
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  Speaker 2: suspected black escalade traveling down Route eleven, just east of Potsdam.
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  Speaker 2: Police executed a traffic stop and took the driver, eighteen
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  Speaker 2: year old Jacob Chris of Brasher Falls, New York, into
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  Speaker 2: custody without incident. Newly released court documents reveal when officers
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  Speaker 2: informed Christ the SUV he was driving matched the description
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  Speaker 2: of a vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run,
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  Speaker 2: he reportedly turned to a passenger and adamantly denied any involvement.
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  Speaker 2: Christ claimed that the police were looking for someone else,
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  Speaker 2: stating it was not his car and he had not
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  Speaker 2: hit anyone. A supporting deposition outlines Chris's movements leading up
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  Speaker 2: to the crash. Christ contacted an eighteen year old girl
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  Speaker 2: via social media earlier between one am and two am,
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  Speaker 2: Just fourteen minutes after Emily may Smith was struck down,
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  Speaker 2: Christ arrived in Colton to pick up this young woman.
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  Speaker 2: The two then traveled together to Christ's residence in Brasher.
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  Speaker 2: In her statement to investigators, the teenage passenger said she
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  Speaker 2: did not witness Christ consuming alcohol or smoking marijuana during
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  Speaker 2: their time together, nor did she observe any open containers
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  Speaker 2: or elicit substances inside the escalate. After spending four hours
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  Speaker 2: at the house, the pair left together, only to be
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  Speaker 2: intercepted by Potsdam police on route eleven moments later. Jacob
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  Speaker 2: Christ now faces a slate of serious charges, including leaving
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  Speaker 2: the scene of a motor vehicle crash resulting in death,
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  Speaker 2: zero tolerance, driving while intoxicated, and driving across hazard markings.
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  Speaker 2: On Wednesday, Christ made an emotional appearance in Potsdam Town Court.
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  Speaker 2: Onlookers noted that the eighteen year old was visibly shaken
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  Speaker 2: throughout the proceedings, surrounded by individuals believed to be as
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  Speaker 2: family members. The court room was also filled with grieving
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  Speaker 2: friends and acquaintances of Emily Smith. A representative from the
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  Speaker 2: Public Defender's office stood firmly beside Christ, announcing that they
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  Speaker 2: are continuing a plea of not guilty on all counts.
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  Speaker 2: During the hearing, Judge David Haggard took a moment to
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  Speaker 2: address the defendant directly strictly emphasizing the critical importance of
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  Speaker 2: Christ complying fully with every single requirement mandated by the
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  Speaker 2: probation office as this case moves to forward. An agonizing
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  Speaker 2: three year missing persons mystery in Iowa has transformed into
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  Speaker 2: a gramm homicide investigation after law enforcement unearthed a clandestine grave.
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  Speaker 2: The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, alongside the Missouri Valley
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  Speaker 2: Police Department in the Harrison County Sheriff's Office, announced a
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  Speaker 2: major breakthrough in the disappearance of thirty five year old
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  Speaker 2: Jesse George, who first went missing on June twenty ninth,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. According to an official news release from
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  Speaker 2: the Iowa DCI, investigators acting on critical intelligence, excavated a
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  Speaker 2: remote property located four miles northwest of Missouri Valley on
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  Speaker 2: April fifteen. There they uncovered human remains that the Iowa
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  Speaker 2: State Medical Examiner positively identified as Jesse George, ruling the
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  Speaker 2: official cause of death a homicide. On Monday, state agents
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  Speaker 2: officially arrested fifty two year old Joseph Langfort of Missouri Valley,
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  Speaker 2: charging him with first degree murder and abuse of a corpse.
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  Speaker 2: He is currently held in the Harrison County Jail on
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  Speaker 2: a one million dollar cash bond. Court filings unveil a
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  Speaker 2: gruesome and calculated timeline surrounding the murder. George was last
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  Speaker 2: seen alive with Langford near a camper on Fourth Street
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  Speaker 2: in Missouri Valley on the morning of June twenty ninth,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. Documents show Langford later admitted to others
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  Speaker 2: that the two men had engaged in a violent argument
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  Speaker 2: inside that camper. At approximately four thirty am that same morning,
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  Speaker 2: Langford urgently requested a friend's assistant to move a vehicle
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  Speaker 2: parked directly in front of the camper. Crucially, court filings
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  Speaker 2: note that Langford was armed with a rifle and aggressively
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  Speaker 2: blocked his friend from entering the trailer, ominously stating, somebody's gone,
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  Speaker 2: They're not coming back, and I'm going to prison. The
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  Speaker 2: cover up intensified later that day. Court records indicate that
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  Speaker 2: Langford and his sister drove the camper to an Interstate
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  Speaker 2: twenty nine rest area where they were both employed, using
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  Speaker 2: their access to thoroughly scrub and clean the interior. However,
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  Speaker 2: a report was made to local law enforcement regarding the
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  Speaker 2: suspicious trailer when law enforcement arrived to inspect the campamper.
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  Speaker 2: They observed visible bullet holes puncturing the exterior sighting and
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  Speaker 2: discovered traces of blood inside. Forensic testing later matched that
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  Speaker 2: blood directly to Jesse George. Despite the forensic hit, the
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  Speaker 2: body remained hidden for years until Langford's own admission sealed
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  Speaker 2: his fate. Court filings revealed that about a year after
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  Speaker 2: the crime, Langford admitted to a friend that he had
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  Speaker 2: killed George, and later confessed to a coworker that he
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  Speaker 2: had shot the victim multiple times inside the camper before
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  Speaker 2: burying his body behind the very rest area where he worked.
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  Speaker 2: An autopsy has since confirmed that George was shot multiple times.
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  Speaker 2: Langford is scheduled for his first court appearance on May
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  Speaker 2: twenty seventh. For the latest crime and justice breaking news,
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  Speaker 2: be sure to tune in tomorrow on your favorite podcast
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  Speaker 2: APT with this crime alert. I'm Sidney Solvani.